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[Mulindwa Edward]

African leaders revert to colonial attitudes By Evarist Kagaruki When a new "wind of change" started to blow across African in the early 1990s, the so-called new breed of African leaders — Presidents Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, Isaias Afeworki of Eritrea, Paul Kagame of Rwanda and former Zambian leader Frederick Chiluba- were perceived as "saviours" of the long-betrayed mass of the African people. They seemed to be seriously determined to champion the cause that, ideally, aimed at seeking "African solutions to African problems." They preached the gospel of establishing the agenda for economic liberation of the continent. Ethiopian leaders were the first among the African leaders of the "new generation" to respond to what was uppermost in the minds of their people. They embarked on the restructuring of the colonial state, putting grass-roots demand into practice. Sadly, however, this initiative was short-lived. This is simply because after entrenching themselves in power, members of the Zenawi regime, like their counterparts in the rest of the continent, turned their backs to those they purport to lead. And to divert the attention of the Ethiopian citizenry from their endless miseries, the regime in Addis Ababa provoked Eritrea into a senseless              The Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni Uganda is in Anarchy"              Le groupe de transmission de Mulindwas " avec Yoweri Museveni, Ouganda est dans anarchy "